Hide-and-Seek

"Help! Help us! Our wounded are dying!!" Tenya Iida cried out desperately towards the top of the crack. "We've been trapped here for a whole day!"

"Iida- kun is really trying his best to play the injured guy..." Thirteen glanced at the crack, then turned to say, "Yaoyorozu, Todoroki, Tokoyami, and Bakugo, the first rescue team consists of the four of you. You can use the tools here as you like."

"Stretchers with side panels, ropes, harnesses... these are all necessities for rescue," Yaoyorozu said thoughtfully as she inventoried the rescue equipment. "But compared to the equipment of a typical rescue team, it's still rather scarce. Are we being asked to make use of our Quirk...?"

"So, we should choose who goes down. We need someone to meet us down below." Shoto Todoroki walked to the edge of the crevice and glanced down. Uraraka was lying peacefully on the ground. Tenya Iida saw someone and hurriedly waved and called out.

"Help us! We need help! Someone here has suffered a severe brain injury!"

"I'm telling you, why make it so complicated? Just blow up the valley!" Bakugo revealed his usual villainous face. "And to make me save Deku is an insult!"

"Are you crazy! This is completely forbidden!" Yaoyorozu said seriously. "Don't forget, there are injured people down there whose condition is unknown. Aren't you afraid of hurting them if you explode without properly assessing the situation?!"

"Bakugo did come up with a solution, but it's not the kind of solution a normal person would come up with..." Tsuyu Asui calmly remarked.

"That guy becomes really dangerous whenever he gets involved with Midoriya..."

Shoto Todoroki turned his gaze to Yaoyorozu: "Yaoyorozu, you create the pulley system to bring the unconscious wounded up one by one. Tokoyami, as the one taking care of the wounded, will be lowered onto the stretchers, and then Bakugo, Bakugo, and Yaoyorozu will pull them up..."

"Wait, you bastard, what right do you have to boss me around like this!" Bakugo grabbed Shoto Todoroki by the collar and said menacingly, "I won't take your orders!"

"Bakugo, don't act impulsively, this is the best solution." Fumikage Tokoyami rarely spoke up, "Among us, only my Quirk can effectively save people."

"..." Bakugo released his grip, took two steps back, and seeing Yaoyorozu still standing there, said irritably, "Hurry up and make the pulleys, or I'll use my own methods!"

Although he still has this ferocious attitude, he seems to be able to accept other people's opinions... Bawanwan thought with some sigh, and the two pulleys at the opening of the battle suit on his chest fell down...

"Tokoyami you can manage alone?" Iida asked with some concern. Wouldn't it be a bit unstable to just pull him up like that?

"We've never been alone!" The black monster that emerged from the cloak answered Iida. Its arms were outstretched, floating in the air like smoke, yet it possessed a physical form. If Jilan Jiyu were here, he would probably silently think, "This is a modified version of a Stand attack!"

The Dark Shadow emerged from the cloak of Tokoyami and instantly grew larger. Holding onto the sides of the support frame, it flew upwards with the stretcher on its head and landed in the hands of Yaoyorozu and the others who were there to meet it.

Seeing Uraraka covering her mouth and laughing nonstop, Yaoyorozu asked helplessly, "What's so funny, Uraraka? According to the plot, you're seriously injured and unconscious right now, you know?"

"I-I'm sorry, pfft... it's just that Iida's serious expression was so funny!" Uraraka thought of this, straightened up, covered her stomach, and burst into laughter again.

Next, Iida and Midoriya were also successfully brought up. Fumikage Tokoyami stood on the stretcher like a superstar making his entrance, attracting everyone's attention. He used his Dark Shadow to pull the rope, slowly emerging from the horizon with his head down and his eyes closed, followed by his crossed arms. When he opened his eyes to welcome the applause, he found that everyone was gathered around Teacher Thirteen and no one was paying attention to him at all.

"Teacher Thirteen, this is so interesting! Choose me next! I want to be the injured one!" Mina Ashido exclaimed excitedly, raising her hand high.

"I want to be the injured one too!"

Pick me! Pick me!

"..." Fumikage Tokoyami watched this moment, then suddenly sighed, facing the large hole that All Might had punched in the Nomu, which was still unrepaired, and the wind blowing through it made his cloak rustle.

"Heroes are always lonely..." he said with his eyes closed, seemingly enjoying the feeling of being a behind-the-scenes hero.

Kirishima excitedly nudged Midoriya with his elbow and whispered, "... Midoriya- kun, what exactly did Tokoyami mean by that? He seemed kind of cool..."

"I don't know, and I don't dare to ask..."

More than an hour later, the students of Class A reluctantly ended the training session.

"You all did a great job, very heroic!" Thirteen concluded. "Now each of you has experienced what it's like to save someone and be saved. Which feeling do you think is better?"

"Of course, it's to save people!" Kirishima his head and said with a smile, "It's not a good feeling to have the power but be able to only watch."

"Yes, yes!" Midoriya nodded vigorously, completely agreeing with Kirishima's words, "The desire to help others is not limited by ability; as long as it's within one's power, one wants to help."

Everyone around them agreed with their point of view; as students of the Hero Course, none of them trained hard just to be rescued.

"Is that so? I feel like being rescued is the best thing ever..." Minoru Mineta muttered to himself, "Being able to see Asui and Ashido exposing their breasts to me, this feeling of getting all that without having to do anything is just amazing..."

Denki Kaminari looked at Minoru Mineta with a strange expression. "Grape, you've already failed as a hero..."

Soon, they followed Thirteen to the next training location—the collapsed city.

"The next training exercise is Search survivors in the earthquake zone. As we all know, our country is located in an earthquake-prone area and earthquakes happen frequently, so it's essential to make such preparations early!" Thirteen took out a watch. "Next, you 19 people will be divided into two groups. One group will be responsible for hiding, and the other group will be responsible for finding them in this collapsed area. You have 20 minutes. The group that finds more survivors or has more survivors hiding wins."

Mina Ashido raised her hand. "A question, is it like a game of hide-and-seek?"

"That's right, it's basically hide-and-seek."

Tenya Iida raised his hand. "A question: There are 19 of us in total, so we can't divide the remaining people equally, right?"

Thirteen laughed, "Haha, regarding this question, I'd like to ask, if Toru Hagakure is the one hiding, which of you think you can find her?"

Everyone looked at Toru Hagakure. She was only wearing gloves and shoes. If she took those off, even if someone stood right in front of her, they wouldn't be able to spot her.

Denki Kaminari nodded in deep agreement. "Indeed, if Hagakure is the one hiding, then he's cheating, securing a victory in advance. That's too disadvantageous for the seekers."

"That's right! Knowing there's a naked girl right next to you, but not being able to feast your eyes on her, is truly a world-class disaster!" Grape shouted, ignoring the strange looks around her.

"What a pervert..." "Shameless..." "The embodiment of pornography..."

The girls gathered together and distanced themselves from Minoru Mineta with disgust.

"Ahem, so Toru Hagakure won't be participating in this competition. Everyone else, stand in a line now. According to the order you're standing, the first person hides, the second person searches, and so on."

"Huh? I'm not in it?" Toru Hagakure was slightly disappointed, but quickly cheered them up, clenching his fists to encourage them, "Well then, everyone, good luck!"